Fastening device.



No. 806,027. PATENTED NOV. 28, 1905. I

A. B. VANCE.

FASTENING DEVIGB.

. m wk 2 UNITED S TES] PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR ERNEST VANCE, or FOREST, CANADA;

FASTENING DEVICE.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Nov. 28, 1905.

Application filed June 18, 1904- Serial No. 212,294.

of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

ment or similar material. Where is experienced in attaching the fastening members to the post, forthe reason that the attaching devices are very readily withdrawn and eventually become 1oose.. At the same; time in some situations cement posts are very desirable and economicah It is the object of this invention simple means for overcoming the suggested, so that secure attachments .may

be made to posts made of cement or similar material. To secure such afastening device, I employ a block of metal, as illustrated in the annexed drawings, which block may be placed in position inthe mold in which .is

formed a ost, block, or other article composed who ly or partly of cement or other ma-v terial adapted to be .formed in a mold, and

when finished such post or block may be. used for supporting wire fencing, securing awning-hangings, signs, &c., to walls, securing gratings, tie-rings, or other metal fastening means, and for various other purposes where a means of securing articles in position. may

be desired. v

The invention contemplates the employment of a block adapted to be ermanently attached in the post, which blocl; is provided with an opening adapted to receive a fastening device, such as astaple. Within this opening the blockis so formed that when the sta- P16 is driven in its points will become bent or extended, so as to prevent the withdrawal of the staple. Arrangement is made for preventing the withdrawal of the block from the ost.

In the drawings, which fully illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a pers ective of a staple-block constructed accor mgto my invention, representing a staple as attached thereto. Fig. 2 represents a section through the to flprovide di culties post being represented in section, as will appear. Fig. 3 is a vertical central section :taken through the block shown in Fig. 1. Fig.4 represents a portion of a block of a upper portion'of a wire fence, a portion of a slightly-modified form. Fig. 5 is a rear end elevation of a block of the modified form suggested in Fig. 4. This view represents a block of somewhat narrower dimension than that shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view of a wall e uipped with my in- My invention relates to fastenings, and, concerns itself especially with the construction of wire fastenings for posts made of ce osts of cement are employed, considerable ifiiculty.

vention, showing how the lock may be used and a strip of wood may be secured in position by means of nails.

. Throughout the drawings and specification the same numerals of reference denote like parts.

Referring more particularlyto the parts, 1

represents a fence-post supposed to be composed of cement or similar'material which may be molded into the form of a post. Assuming that the post is to be used for a wire fence, in molding the ost a plurality of blocks 2 would be embedded in the body of the post near the forward face 3 thereof, substantially as indicated in Fig. 2. The construction of one of these blocks is most clearly shown in Figs. 1. and 3. vThey preferably consist of castings resenting a flat forward-face 4, which is he (1 flush with the forward face of the post, as shown.- These blocks. are of substantially wedge form, being of greatest dimension at the rear. From this arrangement it should be understood that when a post has. been formed with the blocks 2 embedded therein, as shown in Fi 1, these blocks by. reason of their form wvery'efl'ectively resist the .force tending ,to withdraw the same. Through the forward face 4 of each block an opening 5 is formed,

which opening communicates at 6 with recesses 7 at the upper and lower faces of the block, as shown, the bottom walls 8 of the said recesses being curved outwardly, as shown. In this manner a bridge 9 is formed between the points 6, which is of substan- IIO rial they may be made of stampings or droppermit the introduction of a staple in the manner shown in Fig. 3, so that after the staple has been driven 1n to assume the position in which it is indicated in dotted lines the inner edges of the opening will effectually prevent the withdrawal of the-staple, as will be readily understood. From this arrangement a very simple and effective means results for attaching the wires 15 of the fence, which wires would pass throu h the eyes 16 of the staples in the manner shown.

When desired, the staples may be dispensed with and ordinary nails 17 be substituted for the purpose of securing to the post or wall 3 a strip of wood, as 18, and it will be evident that such nails will be deflected in the'same manner as the staples when driven in, thereby serving to lock them in position and secure the wood in place.

While I have shownin'the accompanying drawings the preferred form of my invention, it will be understood that I do'not limit myself to the precise form shown, for many of the details may be chan ed in form or position without affecting t e operativeness or utility of my invention, and I therefore reserve the right to make all such modifications as are included within the scope of the following claims or of mechanical equivalents to the structures set forth.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The combination comprising a post, formed from'plastic matter, and a plurality of frustum-shaped members, formed of a plurality of pieces, each provided with a channel having diverging branches.

2. The combination comprising a post, formed from plastic matter, and a plurality of frustum-shaped members, formed of a plurality of pieces, each rovided with a reglstering channel having iverging branches.

3. The combination comprising a post, formed from plastic matter, and a plurality of frustum-shaped members, formed of a plurality of pieces secured together and each provided with a channel having diverging branches.

4. The combination comprising a post, formed from plastic matter, and a plurality of frustum-shaped members, formed of a plurality of pieces riveted together and each provided with a channel having diverging branches.

5. A fastening device for plastic structures adapted to be embedded therein while being molded or otherwise formed, said device comprising two metal plates, one of which has two grooves diverging in the same plane to receive the shanks of a staple or 0t1er like fastening, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. A fastening device forplastic structures adapted to be embedded thereinwhile belng molded or otherwise formed, said device comprising two metal plates, one of which has two curved grooves diverging in the same plane to receive the shanks of a staple or other like fastening, substantially as and for the purpose described.

7. The combination with a lastic fencepost of staple-holders embedde therein and having separate sockets, portions of sa d sockets being tortuous, staples secured in said sockets, and fencing elements extending through the staples.

8. Afence-post formed of plastic material, a sta le-fastener embedded therein having a plura ity of plates, a curved channelin the fastener to receive a leg of a staple, each plate forming one wall of the channel.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR ERNEST VANCE.

Witnesses:

ANNA V. LIVINGSTON, NEWTON TRIPP. 

